>>> THEY ARE KNOWN AS THE NFAC,
AN ARMED, ALL-BLACK MILITIA.
YOU MIGHT HAVE SEEN AT PROTESTS,
IN GEORGIA, KENTUCKY AND
WASHINGTON, D.C.
THEIR STATED GOAL TO DEFEND THE
BLACK COMMUNITY BY ANY MEANS
NECESSARY.
NBCS MORGAN RADFORD IS IN
ATLANTA, AND I KNOW YOU TALKED
TO THE LEADER OF THE NFAC AND
YOU GOT A RARE LOOK INSIDE THIS
MOVEMENT AS IT TRIES TO EXPAND.
WHAT DID YOU FIND OUT?
>> CRAIG, WE FOUND OUT THAT FOR
THEM THIS ULTIMATELY ABOUT
PROTECTION.
THEY SAY THAT ESPECIALLY DURING
THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION THEY
FELT LIKE THE GOVERNMENT AND LAW
ENFORCEMENT SIMPLY DID NOT DO
ENOUGH TO PROTECT BLACK PEOPLE
IN THIS COUNTRY AND SO THEY SAID
THEYRE TAKING MATTERS INTO
THEIR OWN HANDS, BUT WHATS
FASCINATING IS THAT THIS IS A
MOVEMENT THAT IS GROWING.
ACCORDING TO THE NFAC, THEY SAY
THEY NOW HAVE CHAPTERS IN NEARLY
EVERY SINGLE STATE AND THEY ALSO
HAVE CHAPTERS INTERNATIONALLY SO
WE DECIDED TO EMBED WITH THEM IN
A DAY TO SEE EXACTLY HOW THEY DO
WHAT THEY DO AND WHY MANY OF THE
MEMBERS SAY THEY JOINED.
TAKE A LISTEN.
>> THE SOUNDS OF WAR.
RIGHT HERE AT HOME.
THIS IS THE NFAC.
>> AN ALL-BLACK MILITIA WITH A
MISSION TO DEFEND THE BLACK
COMMUNITY BY ANY MEANS
NECESSARY.
>> SO THIS IS TRAINING FOR ONE
OF THE NEW CHAPTERS.
>> YES.
>> APPEARING BY THE HUNDREDS AT
PROTESTS FROM STONE MOUNTAIN,
GEORGIA, TO KENTUCKY, DEMANDING
JUSTICE FOR POLICE KILLINGS AND
ENCOUNTERING WHAT THEY BELIEVE
IS THE THREAT OF RIGHT-WING
MILITIAS.
>> ITS A MOVEMENT STARTED IN
2017 BY THIS MAN, FORMER
MUSICIAN AND ARMY VETERAN JOHN
"GRAND MASTER JAY" JOHNSON.
IS THE MOVEMENT GROWING?
>> BY LEAPS AND BOUNDS.
>> WE MET WITH HIM OUTSIDE OF
CINCINNATI WHERE HE SAYS ANOTHER
NEW CHAPTER IS NOW IN THE WORKS.
>> THE NFAC STANDS FOR THE NOT
F-ING AROUND COALITION.
>> WHATS BEHIND THE NAME?
>> THE NFAC WAS BORN OUT OF THE
LAST FOUR YEARS UNDER THE TRUMP
ADMINISTRATION, THE
DETERIORATION OF RACIAL
RELATIONS IN THIS COUNTRY.
IT MEANS THAT WE ARE PREPARING
YOURSELF TO DEFEND YOURSELVES.
WHILE THE GROUPS STYLE ECHOES
THE BLACK PANTHER PARTY OF THE
1960s THEIR GOALS ARE DISTINCT
FOCUSING ON DEFENSE WITH THE
ULTIMATE GOAL OF A BLACK ETHNO
STATE.
>> WHAT MAKES US DIFFERENT IS
OUR GOAL IS OUR OWN COUNTRY, A
PLACE WHERE WE CAN DETERMINE OUR
OWN FUTURE.
>> IS VIOLENCE AN OPTION TO
REACH YOUR GOALS?
>> THE UNITED STATES WAS BUILT
ON VIOLENCE BEING AN OPTION.
VIOLENCE SHOULD BE THE LAST
OPTION.
>> EXTREMISM EXPERTS SAY THE
GROUP IS DISTINCT FROM FAR-RIGHT
MILITIAS.
>> THEYVE NOT RISEN TO THE
LEVEL OF CONCERN OF, SAY, THE 3
PER
PERCENTERS AND THE OATH KEEPERS.
THEYVE NOT ENGAGED IN VIOLENCE
AND MOST OF THEIR DEMONSTRATIONS
THEY HAVE, IN FACT, COORDINATED
THEIR ACTIVITIES WITH POLICE.
>> WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT JANUARY
6th AND WE SAW THOSE RIOTERS
STORM THE CAPITOL, WHAT DO YOU
SAY TO CRITICS WHO SAY YOURE NO
DIFFERENT FROM THEM.
THEYRE EXTREMISTS.
YOURE EXTREMISTS.
>> SHOW ME WHERE WE HAVE DONE
THOSE THINGS.
THEYVE KILLED PEOPLE.
THEY DISRESPECTED THE GOVERNMENT
TO THE POINT WHERE THEY HAVE
INVADED ITS SACRED HALLS.
SHOW ME WHERE WEVE DONE THOSE
THINGS BECAUSE WE HAVE DONE NONE
OF THEM.
>> WE WERE ALLOWED RARE ACCESS
TO ONE OF THEIR TRAINING SITES
AT A SECRET LOCATION IN RURAL
GEORGIA.
>> WE ARE NOW DRIVING TO THE
NFAC TRAINING FACILITY.
>> WE SPOKE TO ONE MEMBER WHO
CHOSE TO GO BY THE CODE NAME CHI
TO PROTECT HER ANONYMITY.
>> THIS IS THE HANDGUN?
>> YES.
>> WHAT DO YOU DO NEXT?
>> WE ARE GOING TO THE AREA
WHERE WE PRACTICE PRIMARY
WEAPONS FIRING.
>> WHY DID YOU DECIDE TO JOIN
THIS MOVEMENT?
>> THIS IS DEFINITELY ONE WAY TO
DO IT.
>> DO YOU HAVE NORMAL JOBS AND
ALL DIFFERENT SECTORS.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
WERE BUSINESS OWNERS.
WERE DOCTORS, LAWYERS AND WERE
YOUR EVERYDAY PERSON ANYWHERE
FROM WALMART TO THE CORPORATE
SECTOR.
>> WHAT ARE YOU ALL TRAINING
FOR?
>> WERE TRAINING FOR
SELF-DEFENSE.
>> A RESPONSE TO SHOW THEY WONT
BE SCARED OR UNPROTECTED ANY
LONGER.
>> Reporter: CRAIG, ITS
IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT THE NFAC
DOES NOT HAVE ANY HISTORY OF ANY
VIOLENT CRIMES, BUT IT IS ALSO
IMPORTANT TO KNOW THAT GRAND
MASTER JAY, THE LEADER OF THAT
GROUP IS FACING FEDERAL
INDICTMENT CHARGES.
AUTHORITIES ALLEGE THAT HE
POINTED A RIFLE TOWARDS POLICE
OFFICERS DURING THAT
DEMONSTRATION LAST SEPTEMBER IN
SUPPORT OF BREONNA TAYLOR.
HE PLEADED NOT GUILTY AND THAT
CASE IS STILL ONGOING, CRAIG.
>> HEY, MORGAN, WHAT ABOUT THE
FBI?
HAS THE FBI LOOKED INTO THIS,
THIS PARTICULAR GROUP AT ALL?
>> THATS A GREAT QUESTION,
CRAIG.
WE REACHED OUT TO THE FBI AND
THEY SAID THEY ARE NOT LOOKING
INTO THIS GROUP SPECIFICALLY.
INSTEAD THEY FOCUS ON GROUPS AND
PEOPLE WHO HAVE ACTUALLY
COMMITTED CRIMES NOT ON SPECIFIC
MEMBERS WITH SPECIFIC
IDEOLOGIES.
CRAIG?
>> MORGAN RADFORD ON THE NFAC.